Oil Company Total Faces Possible Safety Breaches

Report Cites 2012 Leak at Elgin Gas Well in North Sea

By

Géraldine Amiel

March 15, 2014 6:46 a.m. ET

PARIS—Oil major Total SA said Saturday that a report into an incident which forced its Elgin gas platform in the North Sea to be evacuated in March 2012 recommends proceedings be taken against it for breaches of safety regulations.

"Total E&P UK has been advised that the report of the Health and Safety Executive regarding the gas leak on the Elgin platform in 2012 has been lodged with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal...